Amad Tariq

Amad Tariq Jul 2021

I worked from sun up
Blew past midday
Day to day the routine stays the same
Nights spent alone
Wasting away
Working to a goal that seems far away
But I will not stop
Will not give way
Those sleepless nights
Make my dreams attainable
One day

Amad Tariq Jun 2021

further thoughts

as I sit here my mind is in a haze
I scribble my notes on paper
but the words
they fade away
I toss it in the trash but wont remember writing it either way
I feel like I'm losing my sense of reality but
I'm still conscious of myself
the time spent in this space
moments I indulged seem further back than yesterday
thinking again, I hardly remember now
even the thoughts I wished to write on this page seem more distant
am I trapped in a loop?
will time move?
can I even move?
the door is presented before me
an escape from a dark place
am I do open it?
prepared for what lies ahead?
grab my hand and lets see if there is a way

Amad Tariq Jun 2021

slow drive

its 2 am
far from high noon
unlit roads from which I see the full moon
time slows as the music plays
the inky darkness of night fades away
cracks of royal blue streak across the sky
from the cliffs I sit and say goodbye
welcome the new day with the dawns light in your eyes

Amad Tariq Oct 2020

My Path

The journey is far from over
Its merely begun
Far in the horizon
Further than the rising sun
Happiness was temporary since the pain had only just begun
But I will keep walking
Until my job is done

Amad Tariq Dec 2019

What Kind of Fool

What kind of fool falls in love with you
Knowing you don't love me as I love you
The type that lives in his dreams which surprisingly all about you

What kind of fool sees only you in his eyes
But once open all he can see is the goodbye
Its the fool who went into the fray loving you as you moved away

What kind of fool loved so hard that you now he sees you in the dark
Reaching his hand towards your face then the mist fades away
To this day still only loves you knowing you wont think of him anyway

I'm the fool that fell to hard.

Amad Tariq Dec 2019

What's Inside

Whats inside I'll never let out
The sting of remembrance remains
Opened up once so now never again

Whats inside is no longer for view
So that the new people can't play with it too

Whats inside is nothing short of the soul
The sounds of my beating hearts remains

What remains is torn
Broken and worn
Black and blue so now I'll tell you too

I'll never open up again

Dec 2019

Sarah Spencer

Bottled Up

You see the slump in my shoulders
the way I carry myself
the burdens of boulders
that threaten my health.

When you ask what's wrong
I pull up my guard
don't want your pity or sad song
won't tell you why life's hard.

So if you want to know
I'll bottle it inside
wrap up all remains in a black bow
and tell you I'm fine.